Mother of Jesus?

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BreadOfLife

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Actually, not really. It was symbolic (Revelation 1:1) of what happened in the days of Jesus Christ (Revelation 12:10; Romans 5:6), using the type of the past, to show what was taking place then.

https://archive.org/download/revelation-12-the-great-controversy/Revelation 12 – The Great Controversy.pptx

See the DOMINION sermon -


https://archive.org/download/dominion_202005/Dominion.pptx

All of the texts are provided.

The "kingdom of God" is "within":

Luk_17:21 Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you.​

The battle re-told in Revelation 12, is in perfect chronological order (using a past type, the original fall of Lucifer, to explain an anti-type that was then taking place during the period of Jesus, and the Gospel).

Jesus said:

Luk 10:17 And the seventy returned again with joy, saying, Lord, even the devils are subject unto us through thy name.
Luk 10:18 And he said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven.
Luk 10:19 Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you.
Luk 10:20 Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven.​

Satan and the devils were being cast out of the heart's of mankind. The Kingdom of God was expanding.

The original fall of Lucifer was replaying itself out in the hearts of man.
Uhhhh, no thanks.
I've read quite enough SDA nonsense for a lifetime . . .
 
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BreadOfLife

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Two questions:

Where (locationally according to the context) is the woman pregnant ('being (present tense) with child') and going to be giving birth?

Rev 12:1 And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars:
Rev 12:2 And she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered.
Rev 12:3 And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads.
Rev 12:4 And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born.​

Where (locationally according to the context) is the Dragon in the same context, going to devour the child as soon as it was born?
The dragon was OUT of Heaven at the time. Verse 4 tells us of his being cast out of Heaven, along with his angels.
Verses 7-9 reiterate this fact in detail.

As for the rest - the story doesn't begin in Rev. 12:1.
You are under the false impression that the Bible was written in Chapter and Verse. Chapter and verse weren't added until the Catholic Church added it to Scripture during the Middle Ages. Each Book was originally written as one LONG letter.
THIS story begins back in Rev. 11:19 when we see Mary as the Ark of the Covenant in Heaven:
Rev. 11:19
Then God's temple in heaven was opened, and the ARK OF HIS COVENANT was seen within his temple. There were flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder, an earthquake, and heavy hail.

THEN, we see her in Rev. 12 giving birth to Jesus.
 

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Then I will pass onward and shake the dust from my feet.
While you're "passing onward" - STUDY your Bible and your history - and FREE yourself from the Scripturally and historically bankrupt ravings of false prophetess E. G. White . . .
 

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Why is mother of Jesus acceptable but mother of our savior and mother of our salvation and mother of God is not acceptable by most who claim the name of Christ?
God is Spirit, invisible. God came down from heaven, emptied Himself and became flesh. Mary was mother to that flesh, but not Jesus' spirit. Mary is not mother to God. Jesus is the God/man, so in essence, as a child, boy and a man, Mary was his earthly (in the flesh) mother and that's all. The Father God is Jesus spiritual Father. Since Jesus' spirit always existed with the Father and wasn't created, He has no spiritual mother.
 

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God is Spirit, invisible. God came down from heaven, emptied Himself and became flesh. Mary was mother to that flesh, but not Jesus' spirit. Mary is not mother to God. Jesus is the God/man, so in essence, as a child, boy and a man, Mary was his earthly (in the flesh) mother and that's all. The Father God is Jesus spiritual Father. Since Jesus' spirit always existed with the Father and wasn't created, He has no spiritual mother.
We don't claim "mother of God" means mother of the Father, that is a gross misunderstanding.
Essentially, you're saying Jesus has 2 natures, the flesh nature and the spirit nature. Mother's don't give birth to natures, they give birth to persons. Jesus is a Person. Mary is the mother of Jesus, and Jesus is God. Matthew uses the title "mother of Jesus" 6 times, but that is not enough for some people. Jesus is God, and Mary is His mother. It's not complicated.
Dividing Jesus into natures is like trying to figure out the mystery of the Incarnation with a calculator.

Mary Mother of God (Theotokos): Protestant Founders Agree

Mary Mother of God: Dialogue w Evangelical Protestant

John Calvin’s Objection to the Term, “Mother of God”
 
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God is Spirit, invisible. God came down from heaven, emptied Himself and became flesh. Mary was mother to that flesh, but not Jesus' spirit. Mary is not mother to God. Jesus is the God/man, so in essence, as a child, boy and a man, Mary was his earthly (in the flesh) mother and that's all. The Father God is Jesus spiritual Father. Since Jesus' spirit always existed with the Father and wasn't created, He has no spiritual mother.

I did not say mother to God but mother of God, Jesus is God and Mary is His mother, It does not mean source of God or mother of the divinity like some claim, but only that the person of Jesus is God and Mary is His mother.

What about mother of our savior?
Mother of the word?
Mother of our salvation?